jrelva/uwsgi_python repository overview

⁠uWSGI and NGINX Stack for Python Web Applications

Designed for rapid development of Python web applications

⁠Rapid Development

docker run -d -v /path/to/project:/home/app -p 80:80 jrelva/uwsgi_python

uWSGI will automatically reload the Python application after a change is detected

⁠Stack Overview

• Ubuntu 16.04 Base
• Python 2.7.11
• NGINX
  • Performs proxying to uWSGI
  • Also serves static content
• uWSGI
  • Serves Python application
• /sbin/init

  • --install - Installs pip and apt packages

  • --execute - Executes the application

⁠Default Packages

⁠Python Packages

• flask
• flask-restful
• uwsgi

⁠Ubuntu Packages

• nginx
• python-pip
• python-setuptools

⁠Application Folder Structure

The home directory where applications are served is /home/app. Under this directory your application should have this folder structure

• /home/app * app/ - This is where your Python code goes * api.py - Your main WSGI Python application * static/ - Your static content such as .html, .js, .css files * index.html * js/ * css/ * requirements.apt - apt-get requirements, separated by newline * requirements.pip - pip requirements, separated by newline

⁠Flask

To enable error logging of application errors to the container log you should add the PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS parameter to the Flask configuration.

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS'] = True